Cui Zhiyuan carefully put the photos away and asked his classmates for help: "Huaimin, can you help me find their current address? I ran into Gong Chengjun on the plane coming back yesterday. He must have returned to Beijing to visit them. I didn't have the courage to talk to him at the time."
He Huaimin understood his feelings and nodded in agreement: "Okay, I'll go back and ask my mom to find out."
"Huaimin, thank you." Cui Zhiyuan thanked him solemnly.
"There's no need to be so polite between classmates."
He Huaimin didn't want to talk about his personal affairs, so he continued, "I'll help you find your younger sister's address. She works in a government agency now, but I'm not sure which one. But my wife is in charge of the reputation rehabilitation work for the past ten years, so she can find it quickly. I'll call you later and tell you, don't blindly ask people for help everywhere."
"Huaimin, I won't say thank you. I'm going to stay for a while this time and will meet up with other friends and classmates. When you have a day off next week, we can get together and have a good chat."
"good."
The two exchanged contact information and then talked about many other things, focusing on the difficult past in the country in recent years.
They had lunch together at noon. After seeing He Huaimin off, Cui Siwei asked him what he cared about most: "Dad, didn't you know you had a daughter?"
This was what Cui Zhiyuan felt most guilty about. It was something that made his heart ache. He nodded with a stern face, "When we divorced, I didn't know she was pregnant."
"So, you said you were sorry to two people yesterday. Are they the ones?" Cui Siwei asked again.
"Um."
Cui Zhiyuan believes that he has done his best for everyone, but he owes Gong Wantang and her daughter the most.
Cui Siwei knew he wanted to make amends, and had mentioned the family property yesterday. He asked for his opinion and said, "Dad, if you want to make amends for them, I won't stop you, but Mom will definitely make a fuss, so you'd better be prepared."
"I know."
Cui Zhiyuan knew what was going on, but Liang Yongwen's attitude could not shake his determination. All the properties and savings under his name were under his control, and he had the right to distribute them independently.
After leaving the hotel, the father and son went to Xinhua Bookstore. After searching for a long time, they finally found the newspaper from the beginning of the year and saw the news about the top scorer in the college entrance examination.
Cui Zhiyuan collected it as if it were a treasure. He had just returned to the hotel and sat there for a few minutes, without saying a few words to Leung Wing-man and the others, when He Huaimin called.
"Huaimin, thank you. I'll go find Lanzhi first."
With the help of his wife, He Huaimin quickly found out Cui Lanzhi's workplace and home address, and he called to inform her first.
After Cui Zhiyuan wrote down the address, he quickly returned to his room to pick up his son. "Siwei, let's go. Uncle He has found the address of my aunt's house. Come with me to visit."
"Let's go too."
Liang Yongwen just went to the room to question her son, but Cui Siwei was very smart. He said what he should say and didn't tell her anything he shouldn't say.
She offered to go, and Cui Zhiyuan didn't refuse. He took his things, closed the door and left in a hurry.
When they found Cui Lanzhi's residence, the door was closed and no one was home. They knocked on the door for a long time but no one responded.
Later, a neighbor next door told them: "The mother and her two children just left not long ago. They said they were going to the company to collect supplies. You should wait a while, they should be back soon."
"Okay, thank you, sister-in-law."
"Who are you to Cui Lanzhi?" the neighbor asked curiously.
"I'm her second brother."
The neighbor didn't know much about the Cui family, but had seen Cui's parents. He looked him up and down and said, "Is your family's relationship not very good? Every time your parents come over, they argue with Cui Lanzhi. It seems that when a sister came over, the two sisters also had a big argument. Cui Lanzhi even threw something at her and cursed for a long time before leaving."
Cui Zhiyuan frowned, a little embarrassed: "It's true that our relationship is not very good."
He didn't say anything else to his neighbors and just stood outside in an open space waiting. He was very patient, but Liang Siyao had no patience at all.
The housing estates here are all old and dilapidated, the surrounding environment is very poor, and there are a lot of mosquitoes in the summer.
After only standing there for about ten minutes, Liang Siyao's hands and feet were all bitten by mosquitoes, and she started to complain again: "What a shabby place this is, it stinks, there are so many mosquitoes, it's worse than the doghouse at home, it's not a place for people to live, why do they live in such a garbage nest?"
"I didn't ask you to come. You came on your own initiative. Now that you're here, don't complain about it."
Cui Zhiyuan felt very distressed that his younger sister and her mother and son lived in such a dilapidated house, especially when he thought of the scenes of his younger sister being criticized and insulted over the years, he felt deeply remorseful and guilty.
But Liang Siyao happened to say this, saying that the place they lived in was not as good as her doghouse. This was like a poke in his lungs, and he got angry on the spot: "I provide you with all your food, clothing, housing and transportation now, otherwise you wouldn't even have a doghouse or a garbage dump to live in."
This was the first time he said harsh words to Liang Siyao. Not only was she confused, but Liang Yongwen was also confused.
"Go buy your plane tickets now. You and your daughter will leave tomorrow. I don't want to hear her speak again. If she doesn't want to live at home, she can just move out. I will pay for her living expenses as agreed until she turns 18. After that, I will no longer be involved in anything related to her."
Seeing that he was serious, Liang Yongwen's face turned ugly, "Cui Zhiyuan, what do you mean?"
"Don't you understand what I'm saying?"
Cui Zhiyuan is in a bad mood now. He just wants to see the people he wants to see and do what he wants to do. He doesn't want to waste time and energy on the mother and daughter.
Liang Yongwen's face was extremely gloomy. As soon as Cui Siwei saw her expression change, she knew what she was going to say and dragged her away. "Mom, you shouldn't have followed me just now. I'll take you outside to get a taxi. You go back first. Dad and I will go see my aunt. Don't go see the other people in the Cui family either."
Liang Yongwen was dragged away, and Liang Siyao left angrily, shouting as she walked: "You think I want to come to such a shabby and rubbish place? I won't come again even if you invite me."
"No one will invite you, so if you want to leave, leave quickly."
Cui Siwei was very annoyed with her and tried to persuade his mother, "Mom, her bad temper will only cause trouble. Things are complicated in the Cui family already, and if she stays here, she might get into trouble. Go buy a plane ticket and take her back first. We'll come back after we're done."
It would be best if his mother wasn't present for what his father was going to do next, otherwise there would probably be more trouble and the family would be in turmoil.
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